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Thursday, 2 February 2017Evolution of life A bacterium dubbed the "platypus of microbiology" is even stranger than first thought, with the discovery it contains structures normally only found in more complex cells.Subjects: biology, microbiology, news

Friday, 2 December 2016Gut brain links Changes to gut microbes can influence the development of Parkinson's-like movement disorders, according to a study of mice predisposed to the neurological condition.Subjects: parkinsons-disease, microbiology, news

Tuesday, 1 November 2016Great Moments in Science The 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology was awarded for research into autophagy - the process where your cells eat and recycle themselves. Dr Karl takes a closer look at how this process works.Subjects: microbiology, greatmomentsinscience, drkarl, podcasts

Tuesday, 2 February 2016Baby microbiome Bacteria critical to early immunity development in infants may be partially restored in babies born by caesarean section by swabbing them with their mother's birth fluid, a new study suggests.Subjects: pregnancy-and-childbirth, microbiology, news

Wednesday, 27 January 2016Gut microbiome Some types of antibiotics may alter the gut biota of young children for up to two years after they have taken them, according to a study of Finnish children.Subjects: child-health-and-behaviour, microbiology, news

Thursday, 10 December 2015Hunting a hijacker Australian researchers have discovered how to kill a common parasite that can survive for decades undetected in humans and possibly change the brain's behaviour and personality.Subjects: infectious-diseases-other, microbiology, news

Thursday, 19 November 2015Antibiotic threat A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China.Subjects: infectious-diseases-other, microbiology, news

Thursday, 1 October 2015Sounds of science To try and understand how bacteria can move so quickly, scientists have synthesised the sound of a single bacterium swimming.Subjects: science-and-technology, microbiology, physics, news

Thursday, 1 October 2015Protective bacteria Babies who have acquired four key bacteria in their gut by the age of three months may be protected against asthma, a new study suggests.Subjects: child-health-and-behaviour, asthma, microbiology, news

Friday, 25 September 2015Yeast terroir The distinctive bouquet and flavour of wine from different winemaking regions may rely more on microbes than previously thought, a study of New Zealand wines shows.Subjects: viticulture, microbiology, news

Thursday, 17 September 2015Plague evolution Recent outbreaks of the plague in the United States and Madagascar are a reminder that the very bacteria which ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages still threaten us today, reports Wendy Zukerman.Subjects: infectious-diseases-other, microbiology, indepthfeature

Wednesday, 9 September 2015Franken virus Scientists say they will reanimate a 30,000-year-old giant virus unearthed in the frozen wastelands of Siberia, and have warned climate change in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions could awaken dangerous microscopic pathogens thought to be eradicated.Subjects: microbiology, news

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